Ronald Reagan actually said...

The United States continues to believe that the time is ripe for resuming negotiations without preconditions.

Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Reporting...

05/23/1988

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When we give aid to freedom fighters around the world, we give hope to the oppressed, and we say that people, not iron laws, shape history.

For these reasons, I have approved this act.

I continue to support this general approach.

I believe, however, that Haida's situation is unique and warrants a departure from the basic policy of Federal noninvolvement in the affairs...